2021-11-21: News Headlines

_____ (2021-11-21). Rittenhouse Acquittal Sparks Protests In Cities Across The US. popularresistance.org The protests demonstrated a raw wave of emotions felt across the nation after Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted on all five charges he faced, including intentional homicide, after he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and injured Gaige Grosskreutz at a demonstration in Kenosha, Wis., following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man. Reactions to the verdict were divided along partisan lines, with conservatives cheering the decision, even offering Rittenhouse congressional internships, while Democrats rebuked it.

_____ (2021-11-20). Right-Wing Vigilante Found Not Guilty Of Murdering Anti-Racist Protestors. popularresistance.org After four days of deliberations, a jury acquitted 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges related to his killing of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. That night, thousands had hit the streets to protest the August 23rd police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being shot in the back seven times by Kenosha city police officers. Rittenhouse traveled from his home state of Illinois to join a right-wing militia at the protest. | Rittenhouse was charged with five felonies including first degree intentional homicide. He argued that he acted in self-defense when he fired hi…

_____ (2021-11-20). Right-Wing Vigilante Found Not Guilty Of Murdering Two Anti-Racist Protestors. popularresistance.org After four days of deliberations, a jury acquitted 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges related to his killing of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin on August 25, 2020. That night, thousands had hit the streets to protest the August 23rd police shooting of Jacob Blake, who was left paralyzed after being shot in the back seven times by Kenosha city police officers. Rittenhouse traveled from his home state of Illinois to join a right-wing militia at the protest.

_____ (2021-11-20). The Acquittal Of Kyle Rittenhouse: A Judicial Travesty. popularresistance.org Rittenhouse, 17 at the time of the shootings, had traveled to Kenosha from Illinois to join a far-right "patriot" vigilante militia calling itself the "Kenosha Guard," which had been mobilized to "defend property" and assist the police with crushing the protests that had erupted two days earlier following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Blake was shot seven times in the back at point-blank range in front of his children, leaving him paralyzed. | The Kenosha shootings occurred in the midst of the reverberations of the largest demonstrations in American history, during which an estimated 15 to 26 million people…

Fight Back (2021-11-20). Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. fightbacknews.org FRSO strongly condemns the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges. This verdict is another example of how the police and courts work hand in hand with racist vigilantes to kill and injure African Americans, other oppressed nationalities, and all who try to fight to end police crimes. | In August of 2020, Jacob Blake, a young African American man, was shot in the back four times and three times in the side in by a white police officer Kenosha, Wisconsin. Coming less than two months after the killing of George Floyd, another uprising took place, with the African American community and supporters battling poli…

Cas Mudde (2021-11-20). Kyle Rittenhouse has walked free. Now it's open season on protesters. zcomm.org Demonstrators in the US must fear not only police brutality but also rightwing vigilantes…

Fight Back (2021-11-20). Tampa: Campaign to stop the new TPD Headquarters and City Center. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – The Tampa Bay Community Action Committee (TBAC) is celebrating the delay of plans by the Tampa City Council to build a new Tampa Police Department Headquarters in the majority-Black community of East Tampa. | The new Tampa Police Department Headquarters and City Center | The George Floyd Uprising of 2020 touched every part of the United States, and in its wake scored historic victories, such as the conviction and sentencing of killer cop Derek Chauvin to over 22 years in prison. However, when the people win there is a reaction from those in power. These new attacks even occur on the local level. In Ta…

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